SB 1580

relating to education.

Proposes amendments to the state constitution to authorize issuance of special purpose revenue bonds and use of proceeds to assist not-for-profit private and sectarian elementary schools, secondary schools, new century charter schools, universities and colleges serving the general public and selected in a nondiscriminatory manner on the basis of neutral, secular criteria. (SD1)

relating to the salary structure of educational officers in the department of education.

Requires the BOE, before 7/1/2002, to adopt a classification and compensation structure for educational officers that more accurately reflects the level of work being performed.

SB 1243

relating to EDUCation.

Establishes two separate subcategories under bargaining unit 6 under the State's collective bargaining law. One for educational officers and the other for DOE personnel who are professional administrative or technical employees who are not educational officers or faculty. (SD1)

SB 1214

RELATING TO NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHERS.

Authorize Hawaii teacher standards board to develop and administer a program to support National Board Certification candidates in public schools; appropriates funds for reimbursing application fees, salary bonuses, subsidizing a candidate support program, and providing inter-island airfare for neighbor island candidates. (SD1)

SB 584

relating to DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL.

Allows the DOE to hire former teachers, principals, or vice principals who have retired from state service for hard-to-fill positions, allowing them to continue to receive retirement benefits, but not accrue additional retirement benefits based on post-retirement employment. (SD1)

SB 1215

RELATING TO REHIRING RETIRED TEACHERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Allows DOE to rehire retired teachers in areas of Hawaii where there is a teacher shortage. (SD1)

SB 382

RELATING TO Education.

Requires teachers to receive their normal annual increment or longevity increase, as the case may be, for a year's satisfactory service in any fiscal year that an increase in the appropriate salary schedule is effected, except as provided by law. (SD2)

SB 493

relating to public schools.

Establishes the Hawaii school repair and maintenance trust fund as a separate fund of Hawaii 3R's, a nonprofit corporation, for coordination of private and federal efforts to repair and maintain public schools. Establishes a tax credit. (SD1)

SB 525

relating to textbooks.

Retains textbook replacement fees in school accounts. (SD1)

SB 1557

relating to government contracts.

Requires the chief procurement officer to establish procurement preference guidelines for private contractors who provide volunteer assistance on school R&M projects. (SD1)

SB 530

relating to school administrators.

Provides incentives to keep exemplary principals and vice-principals (VPs) at the school level; encourage exemplary principals and VPs to accept long-term assignments to hard-to-staff schools, special needs schools, and schools with high teacher turnover; encourage exemplary teachers to become VPs. (SD1)

SB 670

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE STUDENT COUNCIL.

Establishes the Hawaii state student council, with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to conduct an annual conference of secondary students; and requires the council to determine whether to select the student member of the BOE or to run an election to select the individual. (SD1)

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Senator Brian Taniguchi